Gilbert Shea

Ep 850

The body of Big Jim Devlin is found on the waterfront. The Green Hornet tracks down the missing witness to the crime.

Ep 849

Gambler Skillman is trying to have a dog-racing bill passed so he can profit from the races. The bill is called (with a straight face), "The Whippet Bill." Senator Durham opposes the bill, but is blackmailed into by Skillman.

Ep 848

The story was used previously on, "The Green Hornet" on January 20, 1938. Then a member of the school board is accused of accepting kickbacks, she resigns without defending herself. She promptly disappears, leaving the Hornet to locate her and find the real person behind the rack…

Ep 847

The DeMargo Company manufactures nitroglycerin and ships it my air. Two planes with this explosive cargo never reach South America and the Hornet smells a rat. He suspects that the next plane with be sabotage as well.

Ep 846

The Rockmore jewels have been stolen and a crooked private detective accuses "The Green Hornet" of the crime. In fact, Britt Reid had visited the Rockmore home and left proof behind that he's really the Green Hornet. The proof is found by Miss Case, who tells Britt that she knows…

Ep 845

When the workers at the Empire Company go on strike, a "foreign power" uses a "Mr. Jones" and his thugs to start violence and cause 3 men to be shot. Darien Steel, the owner of, "The Meridian" (a competitor of the Sentinel) is working with the "foreign power."

Ep 844

The owner of many parking lots in the city is named Filbrick (compare with Herbert Philbrick who became famous the following year for being, "A Communist For The FBI"). Filbrick and a crooked city councilman try to crush a bill that will cost Filbrick a lot of money.

Ep 843

The Hornet breaks up a liquor smuggling ring, even though his star witness is run down and killed.

Ep 842

Jim Donald, a worker at the Daily Sentinel, takes a shot at Boss Cranshaw after losing the money needed for his wife's operation at a gambling joint called, "The Garden." This story was originally broadcast on "The Green Hornet" November 30, 1939 under the title, "Bullets and Bet…

Ep 841

There's a $50,000 shortage in the city Comptroller's office. Who took the money? The story was previously used on the program on December 9, 1939, with the title, "Three Of A Kind."

Ep 840

Oneida silver pin premium. An announcement is made that a pedometer premium will soon be offered. Kolchak, a poor European is about to jump off a bridge, but is saved by Mike Axford, who slugs him. A gang is running a racket, victimizing immigrants by claiming to be able to get t…

Ep 839

Oliver Perry has joined forces with a crooked ticket scalper. Who is the first customer for five counterfeit tickets? None other than Britt Reid's father!

Ep 838

Mrs. Thorndike, who was planning a Christmas dinner for poor people and kids. However, $20,000 has been robbed from the charity. She asks Britt Reid to help, and help he does.

Ep 836

The Hornet continues his battle against the numbers racket. Two gangsters abduct Linda Travis, a Sentinel reporter, as protection against two members of the gang.